However, the page I wanted to download off of has the same name for a lot of the pdf’s. The above command should not overwrite files (.1, .2, …, is appended). However, the exception list (pdf) deletes these appended files. The issue is brought up here. To get around this, do

The url you posted is to an html website. From there, there is a link to the pdf file. The tricky thing is the page contain frames, one that has the pdf file; the right side one also has the pdf link. I’m sure you can tweak wget to pick up the pdf link. The file still ends in .pdf.